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BUSINESS COMBINATIONS - Narrative (Details) - CAD ($)
$ in Millions
 12 Months Ended
Mar. 27, 2019
Jan. 30, 2019
Mar. 31, 2020
Mar. 31, 2019
Nov. 12, 2019
Jun. 26, 2019
Apr. 26, 2019
Apr. 25, 2019
Mar. 26, 2019
Mar. 13, 2019
Mar. 07, 2019
Jan. 29, 2019
Jul. 31, 2018
Philippine Academy for Aviation Training Inc.                          
Disclosure of transactions recognised separately from acquisition of assets and assumption of liabilities in business combination [line items]                          
Ownership interest in joint venture     40.00% 40.00%                  
Pelesys Learning Systems Inc.                          
Disclosure of transactions recognised separately from acquisition of assets and assumption of liabilities in business combination [line items]                          
Equity interests acquired             55.00% 45.00%          
Cash consideration             $ 4.0            
Long-term payable             $ 5.7            
Luftfartsskolen AS                          
Disclosure of transactions recognised separately from acquisition of assets and assumption of liabilities in business combination [line items]                          
Cash consideration           $ 3.5              
Healthcare Software Company                          
Disclosure of transactions recognised separately from acquisition of assets and assumption of liabilities in business combination [line items]                          
Equity interests acquired         50.00%                
Cash consideration         $ 0.9                
Acquisitions From 2019                          
Disclosure of transactions recognised separately from acquisition of assets and assumption of liabilities in business combination [line items]                          
Cash consideration       $ 1.7                  
Increase of intangible assets       6.2                  
Decrease of deferred tax assets       4.7                  
Decrease of other net assets       $ 1.5                  
Alpha-Omega Change Engineering Inc.                          
Disclosure of transactions recognised separately from acquisition of assets and assumption of liabilities in business combination [line items]                          
Cash consideration                         $ 34.4
Avianca-CAE Flight Training                          
Disclosure of transactions recognised separately from acquisition of assets and assumption of liabilities in business combination [line items]                          
Equity interests acquired   50.00%                   50.00%  
Cash consideration   $ 50.1                      
Term of outsourcing agreement   15 years                      
Logitude Oy                          
Disclosure of transactions recognised separately from acquisition of assets and assumption of liabilities in business combination [line items]                          
Cash consideration                     $ 8.7    
Bombardier's BAT Business                          
Disclosure of transactions recognised separately from acquisition of assets and assumption of liabilities in business combination [line items]                          
Cash consideration     $ 709.9             $ 709.9      
Intangible assets     695.8                    
CAE Flight Training (India) Private Limited                          
Disclosure of transactions recognised separately from acquisition of assets and assumption of liabilities in business combination [line items]                          
Equity interests acquired 50.00%               50.00%        
Ownership interest in joint venture 50.00%                        
CAE Simulation Technologies Private Limited                          
Disclosure of transactions recognised separately from acquisition of assets and assumption of liabilities in business combination [line items]                          
Equity interests acquired 25.00%                        
Indian Training Centres                          
Disclosure of transactions recognised separately from acquisition of assets and assumption of liabilities in business combination [line items]                          
Cash consideration $ 31.5                        
Total                          
Disclosure of transactions recognised separately from acquisition of assets and assumption of liabilities in business combination [line items]                          
Cash consideration     832.4                    
Intangible assets     811.5                    
Goodwill recognised as of acquisition date     443.0                    
Goodwill expected to be deductible for tax purposes     334.5                    
Fair value of acquired receivables     23.6                    
Licenses | Total                          
Disclosure of transactions recognised separately from acquisition of assets and assumption of liabilities in business combination [line items]                          
Intangible assets     169.5                    
Customer relationships | Total                          
Disclosure of transactions recognised separately from acquisition of assets and assumption of liabilities in business combination [line items]                          
Intangible assets     191.4                    
Other intangible assets | Total                          
Disclosure of transactions recognised separately from acquisition of assets and assumption of liabilities in business combination [line items]                          
Intangible assets     $ 7.6